Sugar Futures Under Pressure

By

Leslie Josephs

May 5, 2013 7:18 p.m. ET

NEW YORK—Big commodity traders are taking their largest delivery of sugar from the futures market in at least 24 years, highlighting concerns about securing supplies of the sweetener despite a global glut.

The companies will accept 1.43 million metric tons of sugar, worth $558.3 million, according to delivery notices posted on the...